Gun rights activists have been fighting lawmakers for decades to loosen restrictions and regulations on silencers — saying they are a health aid to protect hearing — but they stand a much better chance now with a GOP-controlled Congress and a backer in the son of the president-elect, The Washington Post chronicled Sunday.

The manufacturer and gun rights activists are hoping to push legislation under the Trump administration to pass a bill called the Hearing Protection Act, which moves to eliminate a $200 tax and nine-month approval process on silencers, The Post reported.

"There is nothing bad about it at all — it makes total sense," Trump Jr. added. "It's where we should be going."

Trump Jr. said he has used silencers hunting in Europe — "where some of the strictest gun laws in the world exist."

Gun rights activists have been fighting lawmakers for decades to loosen restrictions and regulations on silencers - saying they are a health aid to protect hearing - but they stand a much better chance now with a GOP-controlled Congress and a backer in the son of the...